360 INDEX GENERUM MAMMALIUM. 
Lagelaphus (subg. of Moschus) RercHENBACH, 1845. Ungulata, Tragulidee. 
Vollstiind. Naturgesch. In- und Auslandes, Sáugeth., III, 55-60, Taf. xvr, 1845. 
Species, 6: Moschus pelandoc H. Smith, M. stanleyanus Gray, M. napu F. Cuvier, 
M. kanchil Raffles, and M. griffithii Fischer, from the Indo-Malayan region; and 
M. pygmeus Linn:eus, from Guinea, West Africa. 
Lagelaphus: A«y cz, hare; &Aa os, deer—in allusion to the animal’s small size. 
Lagenocetus Gnav, 1863. Cete, Physeteridie. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1863, 200; Cat. Seals & Whales Brit. Mus., 336-340, figs. 
65-66, 1866. 
Lagocetus Gray, ibid., 82, 104, 1866. 
Type: Lagenocetus latifrons Gray, from the Orkney Islands, Scotland. 
Lagenocetus: Ayr os, flagon, bottle; «7jros, whale—i. e., ‘bottle-nosed whale.’ 
Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846. Cete, Delphinid:e. 
Zool. Voy. H. M.S. ‘Erebus & Terror,’ I, Mamm., 30, 34-36, tab. 6 figs. 3-5, 
tab. 10 fig. 2, tabs. 11-14, 1846; W. L. ScLATER, Mamm. S. Africa, II, 203-205, 
1901 (type fixed). 
Species, 5: Delphinus leucopleurus Rasch, from the Gulf of Christiania, Norway; 
D. albirostris Gray, from the coast of Norfolk, England; Lagenorhynchus electra 
Gray, locality unknown; £L. asic Gray, locality unknown; and Delphinus acutus 
Gray (type), from the Orkney Islands, Scotland. 
Lagenorhynchus: À&y 9v os, flagon, bottle; 50)' yos, snout—*bottle-nosed dolphin.’ 
Laggade (see Leggada). Glires, Muridee, Murine. 
Lagidium Meryen, 1833. Glires, Chinchillidee. 
Nova Acta Acad. Czes. Leop.-Carol, XVI, pt. ir, 576-580, tab. xu1, x1i1 figs. 
155 qi 1553 
Legidium Brvrn, in Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, new ed., 1849, 120; new ed., 1863, 
108 (under Lagotis). 
Type: Lagidium peruanum Meyen, from the elevated plateaus in the Andes (alt. 
12,000-13,000 ft.), Peru. 
Lagidium: Aayiótov, dim. of A«y óc, hare—in allusion to the long ears and soft 
fur. (Compare Lagotis). 
Lagocetus (see Lagenocetus). Cete, Physeteridee. 
Lagocheles (see Lagorchestes). Marsupialia, Macropodid:e. 
Lagodus Powrr, 1854. Glires, Ochotonidee. 
Cat. Méth. Vert. Foss. Bassin de la Loire, 41-42, 1854; Gervais, Zool. et Paléont. 
Francaises, 2° 6d., 51, 1859; FonsvrH Mason, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 2d ser., 
Zool., VII, pt. 9, pp. 437-439, Nov., 1899. 
Type: Lagodus picoides Pomel, from the Tertiary of Langy, France. ‘‘J’ai nommé 
Titanomys trilobus, dans la premiere édition de cet ouvrage, une espéce prove- 
nant aussi de Saint-Gérand le Puy (Allier [France]), et j'ai fondé cette espéce 
sur l'examen de la máchoire inférieure représentée par la figure 1 de la planche 
XLVIL . . . N'est-ce pas, du moins en partie sur l'examen de cette figure 1 de 
notre planche 46, que M. Pomel a établi son Lagodus picoides, qui est aussi pour 
lui le type du genre nouveau?" (GeErvats, l. c., 51.) 
Extinct. 
Lagodus: Aay óc, hare; 6d0vs, tooth. 
Lagomys Srorr, 1780. Glires, Sciuridze? 
Prodromus Methodi Mamm., 39-40, tab. B, 1780. 
Species, 24: *An unnatural and undefined combination of forms with squat bodies, 
but typified by species of Arctomys."  (Grirr, Bull. Philos. Soc. Wash., II, 
App., p. viii, 1875-80.) 
This name antedates Lagomys of Cuvier, 1800, by twenty years. 
Lagomys: A«y os, hare; “0s, mouse. 
